Aurora James, founder of the luxury shoe label Brother Vellies, who launched the Fifteen Percent Fund, an initiative that challenges retailers to devote 15% of their shelf space to
Black-owned brands, is expanding her efforts to find funding for Black-owned businesses. "Black founders receive only 1% of all venture capital," per
Fast Company.
"The new Friends and Family Collective wants to change that."
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